BlockPoplar Springs, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eufaula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. It stands on Wilburn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Batesville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Springs (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,100 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 68 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkinsville | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Batesville | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Fairmount (historical) | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Gilead | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Hill | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Comer | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cole Ridge (historical) | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lugo | 6.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1805348. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.